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Dragon Quest Series

Dragon Quest is one of the oldest JRPG franchises debuting in 1986, a full year before Square Enix's other flagship RPG series, Final Fantasy. Dragon Quest XI is officially out in Japan as of today, but series game designer, Yuji Hori, just announced the Western release yesterday morning. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age will be coming to North America in 2018. Dragon Quest XI will be localized in five languages and will likely release for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo 3DS as those are the available platforms in Japan. You can also play the PS4 version on the PSVita via remote play.

It's up in the air if we'll get the odd PlayStation 4 and 3DS combo package that's available in Japan. The PlayStation 4 version is in a full 3D HD environment while the 3DS version has a choice between a 3D chibi version or a classic 2D version. A Nintendo Switch version was announced a while ago, but that version is currently without a date. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age is the first mainline Dragon
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Until May 8th, Square Enix is having a huge sale at their North American online store. Games for systems going as far back as the Playstation era are available for a s little as $7.49. Included are all their hit series Deus Ex, Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts, and of course, Final Fantasy. Also available are collectibles such as plushes and soundtracks. Click on the lonk below to check out the selection:

At the Nintendo Switch Event it has been confirmed that both Dragon Quest X and Dragon Quest XI will be released on the Nintendo Switch (tentatively in Japan). Also to be released Dragon Quest Heroes 1 & 2.
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At the Recent Jump Festa event, Square Enix showed off the first footage of the next installment in the Dragon Quest series, Dragon Quest XI. Lots of information was revealed during the stream showing the opening cinematic, a gameplay related video exploring the map and a town, and a cutscene introducing one of the game's party members, the thief Camus. Dragon Quest XI's director, Takeshi Uchikawa, said the following about the game's map, "It is a vast map comparable to previous Dragon Quest titles. It won’t betray your expectations.”
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The 3DS port for the PS2 RPG classic is less than a month away and today, Square Enix presents two new trailers for the port's two exclusive playable characters Morrie and Red. Morrie and Red were in the original game; the player was introduced to Morrie when they came across the optional Monster Arena and Red wove into the game's plot during one dungeon before she took off and was never seen again.

In these trailers we see that Morrie can use fisticuffs, boomerangs, and clubs for weapons. His fourth skill set, Passion, allows him to call monsters for special attacks unlike the Call Monster ability by the Hero which switches the party out for your Monster Arena team. Red on the other hand uses fisticuffs, fans, and whips. Her fourth skill set Roguery allows her to summon help from her pirate crew to assault enemies.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King 3DS arrives on January 20, 2017.

Set for release on the Nintendo 3DS September 16. 2016. Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past is a remake of the 2001 Playstation game. The story is being retold with a rebuilt 3D world, which includes visible enemies. You play as the son of a fisherman, who travels through time to save the world. Along the way there are over 30 jobs for your team to acquire.
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Dragon Quest Builders is a new game entering the Dragon Quest series long list of spinoffs and today, Square Enix dropped a new trailer announcing the North American and Europe release dates. Dragon Quest Builders will be arriving physically and digitally this October exclusively for PlayStation 4 and Vita.

Dragon Quest Builders is a Minecraft-esque game set in Alfegard, the world of the original Dragon Quest with the series known RPG elements. The premise of the game's story is that the world must be rebuilt after the first game's protagonist becomes victim to evil. Dragon Quest Builders first released in Japan back on January 28 and now the US will join in on the fun this fall.

Dragon Quest Builders will also be joining Dragon Quest Heroes II and Dragon Quest VII 3DS as one of the games celebrating the series 30th anniversary.

Square Enix announced there will be crossover content between Final Fantasy XIV and Yo-Kai Watch. Thirteen new Yo-Kai inspired weapons (one for each job) will appear in Final Fantasy XIV, as well as Yo-Kai themed minions and a Whisper Mount. The minions will be easy to collect, but the weapons will be a harder get.
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Somewhat getting lost in all the brouhaha over Final Fantasy XV, at 10AM EDT today (March 31st) Square Enix closed it's servers for Final Fantasy XI on both the Playstation 2 and the XBox 360. Final Fantasy XI was released on May 16, 2002 on both systems and Windows PCs. But fret not, console gamers, you can transfer your PlayOnline IDs to Square Enix Accounts then download the game on your PC for free. Here is the link with information on how to do so: http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/envi/win/winshift.html
This in turn also signifies the end of the Playstation 2 era, which began in 2000. The Sony system is the highest selling console of all time, with over 155 million units sold. A slew of well-loved Square Enix games were released on the system, including Dragon Quest VIII, mainline Final Fantasy titles from X and XII, as well as spin-off Final Fantasy X-2 and the afformentioned Final Fantasy XI, Square Enix's first MMORPG.
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Square Enix announced a new project from their Business Division 5 unit, which is known for such games as Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIV, and Dragon Quest Builders. As of this time, the only information is this banner, which simply announces that something is coming soon. The image is borrowed from promotional art for Final Fantasy XIV, so could this new project have a connection? Is it possible that they'll give us a single player JRPG based in the Final Fantasy XIV world?
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Dragon Quest VII is coming to North America on the 3DS "Later 2016", instead of the summer 2016 we heard previously. While they may have pushed the game back, they have given us some goodies. This remake is a fan favorite that Square Enix has remade from the ground up. Check out some screenshots and a trailer!
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Dragon Quest Heroes II is releasing soon in Japan as a follow-up to the popular spin-off to Dragon Quest which mixes classic Dragon Quest characters with a Dynasty Warriors battle system, much like Hyrule Warriors did for Zelda. Yesterday, the team treated us with this presentation, focusing on multiplayer co-op.

Multiplayer battles play out in the "Space-Time Labyrinth", which was originally intended to be a multiplayer-only dungeon, but was made available for single-player by popular demand. No additional details on the dungeon were provided, but judging by the battle seen in the video, it does promise a log of action.

Dragon Quest Heroes II comes out in Japan in May on Playstation 4, Playstation 3, and Playstation Vita. There is no word on the Western release yet. Would you be interested to play this game, should it come out in the West? Are you excited for multiplayer? Did
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Spring is just around the corner and I'm still curled up with my little old DS, getting my hands on the second game in Dragon Quest's Zenithian trilogy. In some ways, this could be considered Dragon Quest's FFVI (with DQ VIII being FFVII) in that a whole lot of people argue this is the best game in the series, even if DQ VIII was the first one that really grabbed the attention of Western audiences. So is this game truly such a masterpiece?

Well, the first big twist in Dragon Quest V is that you are not the legendary hero. Instead you take control of a little boy who is following his dad on a quest to find this hero. The story, if stripped of all the fluff, is still pretty much the same thing, with a great evil taking control of the land, and it's up to you to find this hero and stop the villain. But putting it like that is not really fair towards the game. Dragon
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Dragon Quest is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and Square Enix just keep adding fuel to the hype train (mostly to appease the fans who are angry that there has been no new footage of Dragon Quest XI yet) with new games and special events announced constantly to capitalize on this milestone anniversary of this monumental series. Just now, Dragon Quest Museum has been announced.

Dragon Quest Museum will be open from July 24th to September 11th at the Shibuya Hikarie skyscraper in Tokyo, Japan, and if you're close enough to visit it, the park will be open from 10 AM to 10 PM. I use the word "park" as Dragon Quest Museum sounds more like a theme park than a museum on paper. The whole establishment will be divided into ten sections, with one devoted to a game in the main series each. Many themed attractions are
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As the cold, wintry days grew shorter and colder, and the bus drives took longer and longer (because bus drivers are always somehow surprised by the arrival of winter, despite the fact that it snows every friggin’ year in here), I had more time and incentive to game on my phone. As luck would have it, the follow-up to that little game I reviewed a while ago was also available for download on iOS. And so I downloaded it, and got myself hooked yet again.

Dragon Quest II is a sequel to the original game, taking place a hundred years later in the same world. After the son of Erdrick, the hero of the first game, completed his quest by felling the evil Dragonlord (his Dragon Quest, if you will… see what I did there?), he went on to explore the rest of the world, establishing new kingdoms throughout. For a century, the world has enjoyed peace, with the original hero’s offspring spreading
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